The Pride Issue
For Members of Vermont’s GLBTQA Community, “Pride” is Not Just About Same-Sex Lovin’; U.S. Media Under the Microscope; There’s More to O’Keeffe Than Flower Power
From The Ground Up, Words Can’t Explain
(Round 2 Records, CD) Burlington’s From the Ground Up trade in passionate, socially conscious hardcore. Their tunes are no-frills, featuring rock-solid drumming, muscular guitars and guttural vocals. This formula has worked well for a number of bands, most notably Gorilla Biscuits, who FTGU musically resemble. Their latest, Words Can’t Explain, is both visceral and uplifting,…
Various Artists, Cry Of Atlantis: The North Country Scene ’58-’67, Vol. 2
(Dionysus Records, CD) Producer Will Shade and the good folks at Dionysus Records have put together another kick-ass collection of vintage North Country rock ‘n’ roll. Whereas its predecessor, Heart So Cold, centered on Plattsburgh rockers, the new compilation, Cry of Atlantis, draws more from bands from this side of the lake. Included on the…
Astrology 07.05.06
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Three years before Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code came out, my book The Televisionary Oracle was published. In it, I riffed extensively on Mary Magdalene’s role as Jesus’s consort, collabor-ator, and co-creator of Christianity — similar in ways to Brown’s themes. Sales of my tome are approaching 10,000, while Brown’s…
News Quirks 07.05.06
Curses, Foiled Again Sheriff’s deputies in Marion County, Ind., quickly identified Rodney Harper, 31, as their bank robbery suspect because not only did a surveillance camera show him committing the crime, but he also dropped his check-cashing card, phone bill and birth certificate at the scene. The surveillance videotape shows the identification assortment falling onto…
Four on the Floor
Theater Review: Krapp’s Last Tape, Variations on the Death of Trotsky, Rosa’s Funeral and The Wild Goose
Seven “Gays”
For members of Vermont’s GLBTQA community, “pride” is not just about same-sex lovin’
